Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
E4 Inc. currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, which means each matter has a unique point of contact. The prosecution is spread across 2 distinct art units, indicating a division in administrative oversight. The 3 distinct examiners must navigate 2 distinct art units to resolve the pending matters.
The busiest examiner, TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 action is one of the 3 pending office actions active for the company. With 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the portfolio requires coordination across multiple individuals and divisions. Practitioners should note that the 3 pending office actions are distributed such that no single examiner holds more than one case. This structure within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector suggests a decentralized prosecution effort.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 3 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN | 1 | 29.3% | +37.3% |
| LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE | 1 | 43.1% | +4.3% |
| LABOGIN, DORETHEA L | 1 | 14.1% | +16.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712541 | TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN | — |
| 18704442 | TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE | — |
| 18548573 | TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | LABOGIN, DORETHEA L | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712541 | TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN | — |
| 18548573 | TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | LABOGIN, DORETHEA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 2 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18712541 | TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18704442 | TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18548573 | TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, TIME/DATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | LABOGIN, DORETHEA L | 3624 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialE4 Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Alan Torrico-Lopez has the most, with 1 of E4 Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
